345Touring Club de Belgique 333
Tourism and Convention Bureau
of Brussels 257
Tourism Flanders 321
Tourist information 320–21
Tour Japonais 85
Tournai 180–84
Cathédrale Notre-Dame 182–3
street-by-street 180–81
Tour Noire, Brussels 60
Transport En Commun (TEC) 333
Transvaalstraat 155
Trappist beers 282
Travel Information 330–35
Treasuries
Basilique St-Materne 207
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwebasiliek 169
St-Catharinakerk 168
Cathédrale Notre-Dame 181, 183
Le Trésor d’Oignies 202
Cathédrale St-Paul 218
Collégiale Notre Dame 220
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle 43
Treaty of London 237, 239
Treaty of Utrecht 43
Treaty of Versailles 46
Treignes 210–11
trekkers’ huts 261
Treveri tribe 236
TripAdvisor 257
The Triumph of the Archduchess Isabella
(van Alsloot) 41
Turner, JMW 241
‘t Serclaes, Everard 56
Turnhout 156
Tuymans, Luc 23
Tyne Cot Cemetery 126
U
underground art 23
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Ascenseur Funiculaire de Strépy-Thieu
189
Belgian belfries 29
Cathédrale Notre-Dame 182
Spiennes 189
Union Belge de Spéléologie 314
Union Luxembourgeoise de Ski Nautique
313
Utopia 87
V
Vallée de la Sambre 191
Vallée des Sept Châteaux 253
van Alsloot, Dennis 41
van Buuren, David 81
Van Cutsem, Henri 74
Van Damme, Jean-Claude 307
Vandekeybus, Wim 88
van den Bergh, Fritz Mayer 149
van den Steen, Count Guy 220
van der Goes, Hugo 114
van der Noot, Henri 43
van der Rohe, Ludwig Mies 133
Vandersteen, Willy 25
van der Weyden, Rogier 22, 38, 72, 102,
135, 165, 184, 236
van Dyck, Anthony 23, 72, 103, 125, 139,
145, 149, 153, 157
van Eyck, Jan 19, 22, 39, 115, 102–103,
114, 116, 128, 133, 153
van Gogh, Vincent 81, 189
van Huffel, Albert 83
Van Looy, Rik 313
van Orley, Bernard 26, 63, 67
Van Rysselberghe, Théo 73
van Ruysbroeck, Jan 58, 72
Value Added Tax (VAT) 277, 302
Vegetarians 277
Verbeke, Annemie 86, 304
Verbruggen, Hendrik 63, 164
Verhaegen, Pierre-Théodore 34
Verhaeren, Emile 156
Verso 304
Verviers 222
Veurne 123
Vianden 251
Victoria House 164
Viérin, Joseph 114
The Village 84
The Village Wedding (Brueghel) 72
Villa Vauban, Luxembourg City 244
Virgin and Child with Canon (van Eyck)
115
Visa 326
Visas and passports 321
Vismarkt, Bruges 109
VK Club 88
Vlaamse Automobilistenbond 333
Vlaamse Federatie voor Hoeve- en
Plattelandstoerisme 258
Vlaamse Radioen Televisieomroep 329
Vlaamse Vereniging voor Watersport 313
Vladso 124
Vleeshuis, Antwerp 145, 146
Vleeshuis, Dendermonde 139
Vleeshuis, Ghent 134
Vlindertuin, Knokke-Heist 120
von Rundstedt, General 231
Vresse-sur-Semois 228W
Wala tribe 172
Walcamp 260
Walibi 198
Walking 175, 334
Wallez, Abbot Norbert 24
Wallonia at a Glance 172–3
Walter van Beirendonck 304
Wanderhütten see trekkers’ huts
Wanderhütten Luxemburg 261
War of Devolution 42
War of the Austrian Succession 42–3
Wasserbillig 248
Waterkeyn, André 84
Waterloo 196–7
Waterloostraat 155
Waterskiing 313
Water sports 313
Waterstone’s 87
Waterzooi 279
The Wedding Dance (Brueghel) 282
Weights and measures 322
Wenceslas I 236
Wenceslas II 236
Wépion 206
Western Flanders 10, 104–139
accommodation 264–6
The Belgian Coast 118–19
Bruges 108–117
Ghent 130–35
region map 106–107
restaurants, cafés and bars 288–91
A Tour Around St-Martens-Latem
136
A Tour of World War I Battlefields
126–7
Western Wallonia 11, 176–91
accommodation 268–9
region map 178–9
restaurants, cafés and bars 294–5
Tournai 180–84
Where to Eat 276–301
Belgian Beer 282–3
The Flavours of Belgium 278–9
The Flavours of Luxembourg 280Where to Eat (cont.)
Reading the Menu 281
Restaurants, Cafés and Bars 284–301
Where to Stay 256–75
Camping and Chalet Parks 260–61
Choosing a Hotel 262–75
Brussels 262–3
Central and Eastern Flanders 266–7
Central Wallonia 269–71
Eastern Wallonia 271–3
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 274–5
Western Flanders 264–6
Western Wallonia 268–9
Wiertz, Antoine 23, 74, 75, 205, 217
William I of Orange 44, 236
William II, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
202, 237, 239
William III, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
237
William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
237
Willy and Wanda 25
Wiltz 252–3
Windsurfing 313
Wine 35, 310, 249
Wisselkantoren see foreign exchange
bureaus
Wittamer 66, 87
Woestyne, Gustave van de 81
Woit, Nicolas 86
Woman in a Blue Dress in Front of a
Mirror (Wouters) 71, 73
Woman Ironing (Wouters) 152
Woodville, Richard Caton 196
World War I 46, 10, 126–7, 317, 333
World War II 46, 76, 142, 156, 187, 231
Wouters, Rik 23, 71, 73, 81, 115, 154, 219Y
Yachting 313
youth and budget accommodation 258–9
Ypres see Ieper
Ypres Salient 126Z
Zeebrugge 119, 120
Zimmer, Lodewijk 157
Zimmertoren 157
Zoniënwoud see Forêt de Soignes
Zoos and Aquariums 316
Parc Merveilleux 248
Parc Paradisio 185
Planckendael Animal Park 157
Zoutleeuw 163
Zuid Abdijmolen 123
Zwarte Kat 116
The Zwin 107, 119, 121GENERAL INDEX